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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. HITE, a citizen of the United States. residing at 317 So. th Street, Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and the State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Composition of Matter, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful composition of matter and an article of manufacture made therefrom. The object of this invention is to produce what I term lime sulfur hydrate of such properties that when combined with water and other ingredients will produce a plastic mauniformly dense and hard throughout the mass- Commercial'hydrated lime is now extensively produced and marketed in bags. It may contain hair, plaster of Paris, portland cement, or sand depending upon the use for which the hydrat 'is intended.

This hydrated lime of commerce when made .into a plastic mortar with sand and water, when dried depends for its strength 3 upon the small amount of calcium silicates and ,the calcium carbonate formed. These chemical reactions have been found torapply and to occur only on the surface and do not penetrate the plaster to any considerable depth, therefore the plaster is easily broken an crumbles readily with slight pressure.

I have found that if a relatively small guantity for exampl not exceeding twentyve r cent by weight, of powdered sulfur Fpleferably flower of sulfur) is intimately mixed with seventy-five per cent of lime that hasbeen slaked or hydrated with suflicient water to form a dry powder, having the formula of Ca(OH) it will remam a mechanical mixture without any chemical change taking place between the hydrated lime and the sulfur until the mixture 'ISGEQIIHGd into a plastic mass by the addition of water. If boiling water is used to form theplastic mass chemical action beat once and sulfids of calcium are rap- I idly formed, as indicated-by a yellow colour appearing uniformly through the mixture. When the mass dries outv and after a lapse of suflicient time the sulfids bleach white and become insoluble in water; this sulfided calcium hydrate is then uniformly dense and hard.

on cold water is used to form the O]? MATTER.

Application filed August 28, 1988. Serial No. 659,804.

plastic mass th chemical reaction is slower,

the sulfids bleach as formed and the final resuilt is the same as when'the hot water is use It is obvious that if the mixture is intended for immediate use the sulfur may be added to the lime while slaking or immediately after and thoroughly mixed therewith.

I may add either to my dry or plastic lime sulphur hydrate-materials well known in the art of wall plastering for example hair, bonding materials for exampl such as plaster of Paris, portland or hydraulic cement, body filling materials for example such as sand, 'c-inders, diatomaceous earth, sawdust, fibrous materials for example such as wood pulp, excelsior, straw, grasses, bast fibers, asbestos, or other bonding, body filling or fibrous materials depending upon the use to which the dry or the plastic material is to be put. the percentum combination of any or all of the named materials, when combined with my lime sulfur hydrate.

My lime sulfur hydrate may be utilized I do not limit myself to.

in combination with any suitable material for any and all purposeswhere hydrated lime, plaster of Paris, portland cement, sand and lime mortars are employed for the production of plastic compositions used in the formation of building blocks, molded architectural designs, scratch, brown and finish wall laster coats or my lime sulfur hydrate may bagged and marketed as such, or it may be mixed with othermaterials, for example suchv as these named, at the t m of slaking, or mixed with other materials in the dry state and sold in bulk or in bags.

I am well aware that the mixture of lime (calcium oxide) and sulfur bolled in an excess of water for the production of soluble lime sulfur solution is old in the arts,

attention is called to page 6 of Farmers ulletin, No. 1285, U. Dept. of Agriculture) and I lay claim to no such mixture or combination; In the production of hme sulfur solution there is enough sulfur (usually two of sulfur to one of lime) to comtion, what I claim as new and useful is 1. A dry powdered composition of matter consisting of a mechanical mixture of not exceeding 25% by weight of sulfur to 75% of hydrated lime, the same adaptable to being formed into a plastic mass with water, when so desired as and for the purposes described.

2. A dry powdered composition of matter consisting of sulfur and h drated lime intimately mechanically mixe together in such relative proportions, that when formed into a plastic mass with water, the resulting calcium sulfur salts formed while wet,

become when dry insoluble in water and serve as a bonding or cementing material for the chemically uncombined excess of lime present in the composition.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature.

CHARLES E. HITE. 

